diff --git a/store/file/blob.go b/store/file/blob.go
index 4c7a0e52..5cb28c5b 100644
--- a/store/file/blob.go
+++ b/store/file/blob.go
@@ -13,17 +13,35 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NewBlobStore returns a blob file store
-func NewBlobStore() (store.BlobStore, error) {
-	// ensure the parent directory exists
-	os.MkdirAll(DefaultDir, 0700)
+func NewBlobStore(opts ...store.Option) (store.BlobStore, error) {
+	// parse the options
+	var options store.Options
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(&options)
+	}
 
-	return &blobStore{}, nil
+	var dir string
+	if options.Context != nil {
+		if d, ok := options.Context.Value(dirKey{}).(string); ok {
+			dir = d
+		}
+	}
+	if len(dir) == 0 {
+		dir = DefaultDir
+	}
+
+	// ensure the parent directory exists
+	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0700)
+
+	return &blobStore{dir}, nil
 }
 
-type blobStore struct{}
+type blobStore struct {
+	dir string
+}
 
 func (b *blobStore) db() (*bolt.DB, error) {
-	dbPath := filepath.Join(DefaultDir, "blob.db")
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(b.dir, "blob.db")
 	return bolt.Open(dbPath, 0700, &bolt.Options{Timeout: 5 * time.Second})
 }
 
diff --git a/store/file/file.go b/store/file/file.go
index 5a963156..0c4089a5 100644
--- a/store/file/file.go
+++ b/store/file/file.go
@@ -78,16 +78,32 @@ func (m *fileStore) init(opts ...store.Option) error {
 		m.options.Table = DefaultTable
 	}
 
-	// create a directory /tmp/micro
-	dir := filepath.Join(DefaultDir, m.options.Database)
 	// Ignoring this as the folder might exist.
 	// Reads/Writes updates will return with sensible error messages
 	// about the dir not existing in case this cannot create the path anyway
+	dir := m.getDir(m.options.Database)
 	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0700)
-
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getDir returns the directory which should contain the files for a databases
+func (m *fileStore) getDir(db string) string {
+	// get the directory option from the context
+	var directory string
+	if m.options.Context != nil {
+		fd, ok := m.options.Context.Value(dirKey{}).(string)
+		if ok {
+			directory = fd
+		}
+	}
+	if len(directory) == 0 {
+		directory = DefaultDir
+	}
+
+	// construct the directory, e.g. /tmp/micro
+	return filepath.Join(directory, db)
+}
+
 func (f *fileStore) getDB(database, table string) (*bolt.DB, error) {
 	if len(database) == 0 {
 		database = f.options.Database
@@ -97,7 +113,7 @@ func (f *fileStore) getDB(database, table string) (*bolt.DB, error) {
 	}
 
 	// create a directory /tmp/micro
-	dir := filepath.Join(DefaultDir, database)
+	dir := f.getDir(database)
 	// create the database handle
 	fname := table + ".db"
 	// make the dir
diff --git a/store/file/options.go b/store/file/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a00b2981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/store/file/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package file
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/store"
+)
+
+type dirKey struct{}
+
+// WithDir sets the directory to store the files in
+func WithDir(dir string) store.Option {
+	return func(o *store.Options) {
+		o.Context = context.WithValue(o.Context, dirKey{}, dir)
+	}
+}